this may be deemed a hot take but it needs to be said:
out of all 7000+ languages in the world, there is not a SINGLE one that doesn't deserve to be protected. from english to the languages on the brink of complete extinction. from the north pole to the south pole. the right to speak or learn your native/heritage language is a human right, regardless of what country you're from or what your opinions are. there is no language that is 'better' than another and i will fight tooth and nail to make sure that as many languages and dialects as possible are preserved until my final breath.
the death of a language is the death of millions of voices throughout history. a language goes extinct every two weeks, and it's alarming how few people are concerned about that on this site.
if you disagree with this, please leave now.
Every language carries someone's memories, jokes, stories, and way of seeing the world. Losing one isn't just losing words. it's losing pieces of people.
And honestly, if you've ever tried explaining a family saying that "doesn't translate," you already know some things just hit differently in their original language.
Preserving languages is preserving human stories. That's worth caring about.















